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Iran eyeing “oil for gold” barter plan with Africa
Jul 31, 2018 01:35As US sanctions against Iran loom large, the country is looking for potential solutions to maintain trade with other countries with a top official in Tehran now proposing to barter oil products for gold with Africa.
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Chinese president in Africa to boost economic, military ties
Jul 21, 2018 10:43Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Senegal as part of a four-nation African tour to develop stronger economic and military ties with the African nations.
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UN applauds Ethiopia-Eritrea rapprochement
Jul 11, 2018 03:38The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has hailed the rapprochement between ex-foes Eritrea and Ethiopia but has not offered to review the sanctions on the former country after expressions of concern by a number of council members.
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Africa's biggest free trade zone launched in Horn of Africa
Jul 05, 2018 12:43Djibouti on Thursday launched the first phase of Africa's biggest free trade zone, seeking to capitalize on its strategic position on one of the world's busiest trade routes.
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African Union urges action on South Sudan after ceasefire breakdown
Jul 01, 2018 07:38The African Union (AU) has called for action regarding the situation in South Sudan, where a recent ceasefire agreement between feuding parties collapsed soon after it was reached.
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Death toll rises to 109 in Guatemala volcano eruption
Jun 08, 2018 10:20The search for survivors from deadly eruptions of Guatemala's Fuego volcano was temporarily suspended on Thursday due to dangerous conditions for rescue workers, as the death toll from the disaster climbed to 109, authorities said.
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200 missing as Guatemala volcano threatens new eruptions
Jun 07, 2018 04:14Explosions boomed from Guatemala's fearsome Fuego volcano Wednesday, unleashing fresh torrents of molten mud and ash down slopes where officials said 75 people had been killed and 200 were still missing.
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Death toll from Guatemala volcanic eruption rises to 69
Jun 05, 2018 04:19Authorities in Guatemala have increased the number of the dead from a volcanic eruption in the Central American country to 69, as family members search for the missing in makeshift morgues and on streets blanketed with ash.
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Dozens killed in Cameroon’s separatist Anglophone region
May 27, 2018 04:01More than two dozen people have been killed in one of Cameroon’s restive Anglophone regions, in what appears to have been an operation by government forces against alleged separatists.
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Over 200 arrested in anti-terror operation in West Africa
May 19, 2018 14:00More than 200 people were arrested last week in a joint anti-terror and security operation in the West African countries of Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin and Togo, the Burkinabe army said.